Remote Asset Monitoring

Satellite imagery pivotal to Russian Federation forest inventory

The Russian Federation is the world's largest country in total land area with vast forests that make up 20 percent of the world's woodland. The timber industry is an important driver of the Russian economy, estimated to generate more than $20 billion per year. Monitoring illegal logging activities, classifying parcels and determining ownership over millions of square kilometers is a formidable task for the Ministry of Natural Resources and its mapping agency, Roslesinforg.